I recently bought a Lowrance version of the Navionics BR24 CW FM radar along with a compatible Lowrance HDS10 indicator for about $4000. I will do a more complete writeup later but for now I will say it is good under a mile, and wonderful at a half mile with no main bang or dead area in the center of the picture. At the shortest range of 200 ft I can see the front of the boat, the anchor ball at the bow and the ham ss whip at the stern.
Over a mile it is almost useless. We will have to buy another radar for use at distances greater than a couple of miles. We don't know whether we will keep or sell the BR24. Defender refuses to take it back, even in trade for a more powerful unit. We may buy a 4KW Lowrance (compatible with the indicator) and switch back an forth or try to sell the entire setup and get another system. We are very unhappy with the unit and with Defender. They did not tell the truth to us on several occasions and now we are stuck with almost useless pile of gear.. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Gloucester MA _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
